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G. T. TOWNSEND.

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No. 267,811. Patented Non 21, 1882'.

UNITED. STATES` PATENT OFFICE.-

GEORGE TOWNSEND, OF WARREN, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,811, datedNovember 21, 1882.

Application mod Api-i1 15, 1881. (Moda.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. ToWNsEND, of Warren, in the county of Trumbull andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a bottom plan of my improved table. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken through thelegs and leg-frame. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the leaf-support.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to that class of tables which are provided with folding leaves; and it consistsin an im proved automaticleaf-support, the construction of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed ont in the claim.

ln the drawings hereto annexed, A represents the table-top, under which the leg-frame B is secured in the usual manner. I

(l C are the folding leaves, which are hinged to the sides of the table-top, under which latter the horizontal arms or leaf-supports D D are pivoted in the usual manner, slots being provided for their accommodation in the sides of the leg-frame.

E E are coiled springs, having straight ends or arms Fcrossing each4 other, and provided with eyes G, enabling them to be attached respectively to the rear ends or arms of the levers or leaf-supports D, and to studs or screws H under the table, which said studs may be pro vided with washers I to retain the springs securely in position. By the said springs the front ends of the levers or leafsupports are automatically forced in a forward direction under the folding leaves, which thus, when raised, are retained in a horizontal position. It will be observed that when the leaves are raised the supports are forced forward automatically by the springs E. In order to lower the leaves the supports must be first pressed back by the hand under the table-top, Where they are retained when the leaves are lowered u by the weight and pressure ofthe latter.

The four sides or rails J composing the legframe do not quite meet at the corners, and they are dovetailed at the ends, as shown at K, so as to enter corresponding dovetailedgrooves, L, in the sides of the legs. The latter,when adjusted and secured in this manner, are quite as rigid as when permanently secured. The leg-frame is braced and strengthened, and the legs may be readily detached and packed separately for shipment, thus enabling the table to be packed in much smaller space and with less danger of breakage than when of the ordinary construction.

The advantages of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawingsv hereto annexed. It is simple, inexpensive, and quite as durable as tables of the ordinary construction.

I am aware that a rubber band for connecting the roar end of a pivoted leaf-support to atable, whereby said support is made selfacting,

is old, and such I do not wish to be understood as claiming broadly as ot` my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the GEORGE T. TOWNSEND.

Witnesses:

FRANK D. MGLATN, HAL K. TAYLoR. 

